3 Things We Learned: St Kilda Saints vs Fremantle Dockers

The Fremantle Dockers have had a great escape against a rising young St Kilda side at RSEA Park, coming home one-point victors and keeping their undefeated season alive for one more week. The Saints on the other hand have faltered at the final hurdle due to a free-kick that awarded the Dockers the goal to send them on to victory but have plenty of positives to take away from a match of great intensity and skill.

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Saints are on the Rise

In only their fourth AFLW match in their history, the Saints again took their game to another level and almost had the undefeated Dockers beat.

Saints Coach Peta Searle reminded her side that they have only played a handful of matches and that their efforts against a veteran Freo side is something they should be proud of.

Rosie Dillon, with 18 disposals, was pivotal for her young side, applying a new level of pressure (seven tackles) and forcing Fremantle to find another gear to scrape through for the four points.

Young Liv Vesely, with her one goal and 14 touches, has also led from the front. Despite the two injuries to Kate McCarthy and Tarni White early in the match, the Saints kept themselves right in the contest until the last minute, so should use this heartbreaking loss as strength to build on in the near future.